Movie Cosmos - The Birdcatcher

Description:

Norway, 1942, during World War II. After being separated from her family, Esther, a young Jewish girl from Trondheim, arrives at an isolated farm where she must assume a new identity in order to survive the Nazi persecution.

Top Cast >

Sarah-Sofie Boussnina

As Esther

Arthur Hakalahti

As Aksel

Jakob Cedergren

As Johann

Laura Birn

As Anna

Johannes Bah Kuhnke

As Fred

August Diehl

As Herman

Anders Baasmo Christiansen

As Tor

Jonas Hoff Oftebro

As Petter

Andrea Bræin Hovig

As Rebecca

Tibo Vandenborre

As Reichmann

Dag Malmberg

As Hans

Jon Øigarden

As Gestapo Officer

Bjørn Skagestad

As Karlsen

Marte Germaine Christensen

As The Veterinarian

Per Bogstad Gulliksen

As Dr. Hansen

Janne Kokkin

As Mrs. Henie

Gerdi Schjelderup

As Mrs. Jensen

Jørgen Langhelle

As Henry Gleditsch

Hans Petter Nilsen

As Gregers

Trond-Ove Skrødal

As Hay Truck Driver

Ewald Bos

As Herman's Soldier #1

Are Bruvold

As Herman's Soldier #2

Kjetil Nordø

As Herman's Soldier #3

Odd Roald Horjem

As Herman's Soldier #4

Claire Judic

As Fugitive #1

Eshan Rajabi

As Fugitive #2

Trond Abelsen

As Fugitive #3

Maria Aronsen

As Fugitive #4

Jon Vegard Hovdal

As NS Official #1

Espen Sletvold

As NS Official #2

Marit Kvitseth

As NS Official's Wife #1

Caroline Fredriksen

As NS Official's Wife #2

Mari Berger Skjøstad

As Karlsen's Wife

Per Gunnar Merakerli

As Man in a Suit

Olav Strand

As Reichmann's Soldier

Jonetta Kviseth

As Baby

Klaus Ulvestad

As German Soldier #1

Henning Nilsen

As German Soldier #2

Frode Stenhaug

As Reichmann's Driver

Ragna Binde

As Old Woman

Maja Guldberg

As Daughter

Doula Lymniati

As Mother

Tom Eikrem

As Father

Stian Hovland Pedersen

As Gestapo Officer #1

Ståle Tørring

As Gestapo Officer #2

Gerd Aker

As Script Supervisor

Top Crew >

Ross Clarke

Director, Producer

Leon Clarance

Producer

Laura Brook

Executive Producer

Norman Merry

Executive Producer

Laure Vaysse

Executive Producer

Lisa G. Black

Producer

Aku Louhimies

Co-Executive Producer

Ian Waggott

Foley Artist

Bente Maalen

Production Manager

Rob Davidsson

ADR Mixer

Lene Nilssen Viken

Art Department Assistant

Åsa Nilsson

Production Design

Natalia Davadi

Makeup Artist

Brandi Savitt

Co-Executive Producer

Ben Cross

Foley Mixer

Jennie Evans

Dialogue Editor

Laura Morrod

Editor

Kathrine Riberg Hewett

Art Department Assistant

Marius Winje Brustad

Art Direction

Håkon Walter Iversen

Art Department Assistant

Jørn Ryen

Sound Mixer

Morten Helland

Special Effects Assistant

Stephen Griffiths

Supervising Sound Editor

Anne-Lene Myklebust Karlsen

Assistant Makeup Artist

Eduardo Garcia-Drageseth

Property Master

Tom Jenkins

Sound Effects Editor

Joachim Lyng

Line Producer

Geir Døhlie Gjerdsjø

Boom Operator

Emil Julian Radich Slaatten

Special Effects Assistant

Hallvard Hellem

Art Department Assistant

Victoria Wælgaard

Set Dresser

Trond Morten Venaasen

Screenplay

Nicolas Gaster

Editor

Jonathan Deckter

Executive Producer

Ellen Michelsen

Casting Director

John Christian Rosenlund

Director of Photography

Deepak Nayar

Executive Producer

Nicolas Chartier

Executive Producer

Jim Copperthwaite

Original Music Composer

Eros Codinas

Hair Designer, Makeup Designer

Anne Isene

Costume Designer

Otto Tangstad

Stunt Coordinator

Jon Are Uhnger

First Assistant Director

Shahbaz Aynoddin

Location Manager

Silje Wiedswang Larsson

Set Dresser

Pål Morten Hverven

Special Effects Supervisor, Stunt Driver

Nicholas Messel

Gaffer

Morten Magnussen

Key Grip

Martine Bjørnbakken Vangen

Art Department Assistant

Therese Messel

Script Supervisor

Øystein Moe

Second Unit Director of Photography

Lill-Chanett Gundersen

Assistant Makeup Artist

Jørgen Sellevold

Art Department Assistant

Mathias Sarre Ramstad

Floor Runner

Yanti Windrich

ADR Recordist

Alexander Somma

Visual Effects Supervisor

Sheila Wickens

Visual Effects Supervisor

Rob Hughes

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ian Corless

Still Photographer

Lucy-Jayne Murray

Stunt Double

Andie Davies

Visual Effects

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (5/10)

An enjoyable, if fairly routine story of a young Jewish girl who manages to escape the clutches of her Nazi captors during WWII. She cuts her hair and dresses/acts as a boy and seeks refuge working on a remote farm. What's new? The difference is, this one is set in the harsher climate of Norway and her predicament is incorporated into the broader theme of the Quisling-run kingdom's own difficulties with the Nazis. The family that adopts this new "boy" has plenty of problems of it's own and so there are plenty of sub-plots to complement the principal story. The pretty much entirely Nordic cast are all fairly competent, if not exactly outstanding; and it does offer a different take on the usual approach to this subject. The cinematography is beautifully bleak at times, and generally contributes much to this watchable war story.

2022-03-28